> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 09:34:09 -0800 > From: Darren Pilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > Can anybody explain what has happened here? My machine seems to be > > functioning normally. > > > > ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting > > ata0: resetting devices .. ata0-slave: ATA identify retries exceeded > > done > > This is almost always the sign of a bad cable, but it can also be the > logic board on the drive dying (though much rarer). Check your cables. > Better yet, go to your local hardware store and buy a new ATA/100-spec > cable, flat, not rounded, preferably with pull-loops.
One other common source is a damaged CD. Hit that one twice last weekend and I was convinced that something was broken. Then I tried reading on a Windows system and it failed, too. :-( R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
